What's your birthday wish for Manny?

MANILA, Philippines - Amid the din of merriment, laughter and clink of wine glasses, The Philippine STAR worked the crowds to get a list of birthday wishes for MVP.

DOY VEA, president and CEO MediaQuest Inc.:

My wish is for MVP to continue to have good health, to be happy and to have more blessings. We are celebrating two milestones tonight: the first is the launch of Cignal TV, which is actually the signal of a new age for Philippine television; the other milestone is the birthday of our beloved chairman Manny Pangilinan. MVP, as we fondly call him, has brought a new age to many facets of the country, like the economy, society, and even our everyday lives. He has brought a new age to telecommunications, technology, water, power, hospitals, highways mining, sports, personal philanthropy and corporate social responsibility. And I think he is just getting warmed up.

NAPOLEON NAZARENO, president and CEO, PLDT and Smart:

I wish that he would continue to inspire a lot of people in his companies. We respect him so much and we look up to him. He has taught us to reach beyond what we think we can. He always says reach out beyond your grasp. It has been a motivation for us to achieve more than what we ever imagined we could do. I wish he could extend this way of life to the entire country.

CHOT REYES, head coach, Talk N’ Text:

More championships. After the Talk n’ Text championship in the all-Filipino Cup recently, this year I hope that his teams —Ateneo Blue Eagles in the UAAP and San Beda in the NCAA — win in their leagues. I think they will. But more importantly, I wish MVP more free time just for himself.

BENJIE FERNANDEZ, managing director, Mediascape:

The best Cignal TV service in the country, and more media initiatives to come.

MON ISBERTO, Smart public affairs, group head:

May he have many more birthdays to come. May he accomplish his next big dream, whatever it may be.

VICKI BELO, beauty expert:

I wish him beauty inside and out, forever. O, baka may Hayden camera kayo diyan.  

PAOLO BEDIONES, TV host:

He is so many things to so many people because of what he has done for the country. I wish that he would continue to live the vision of advancing the country into the new age again and again and again in the next few years, in the next few decades. He really is an icon not just for a few people but for all Filipinos. I wish that he would change the way we view things and look at life.